One of my favorite movies growing up was Star Trek. I don’t think it was because of the characters in the show, although Spock was pretty unique. I think what made it fun for me was its theme, “to go where no man has gone before.” All of us have been born with a sense of adventure, and living for Christ is the ultimate great adventure.
I can’t think of a theme and many times a concern that fits us better as leaders in our churches today. We are truly going where no man has gone before. The world is changing so fast around us. It’s overwhelming at times to try to understand it. AI, social media, and globalization barely scratches the surface of where our world seems to be headed. For us however our mandate stays the same, as we are going, go and make disciples of the world.
An exciting frontier for churches is getting outside of the walls of our church and accepting the call to go where we have never gone before. I have had the honor of being on mission with churches as they have taken their first steps of accepting God’s call to go overseas. Many for the first-time step into a world that they have never known. It has been fun to watch the transformation of their individual lives as well as the transformation of their church. It is hard to have a church in decline that is on mission and is serving outside the walls of the church.
Church leader: let’s go. Let’s go to places that need the gospel. Let’s go to communities, cities, and nations that have not heard the saving knowledge of Christ. There are new frontiers awaiting us to live the great adventure of taking the Good News to the world. Let’s go change the world through the power of the Holy Spirit. As we go we will be changed ourselves and be blessed as we become a blessing to others.